Faculty

Gerard Voos, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Graduate Studies, Continuing Education, and Sponsored Programs

Gerard Voos is the Director of the Office of Graduate Studies, Continuing Education, and Sponsored Programs, and serves as the Chief Research Officer at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He received his doctorate in soil ecology from the University of Rhode Island, a Master of Science degree in soil science from Colorado State University, and his Bachelor of Science in agronomy from the University of Kentucky. He also received a post-doctoral fellowship in biogeochemistry at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina. At UNC Asheville, he has taught Climate and Society, A Sustainable Culture, Consumerism and the Environment, and Environmental Literature & Media in the Master of Liberal Arts program; and Environmental Literature, and Energy and Society to undergraduates in the Environmental Studies Department. Dr. Voos was part of the group of faculty and administrators that developed the Climate Change and Society curriculum offered by North Carolina State University, and that is included in the MLA program’s Climate Change and Society certificate curriculum. Dr. Voos is professionally and personally interested in sustainability issues. In addition to publishing and presenting research findings, he also has published general interest articles in web, trade and regional publications on subjects ranging from wine, fox hunting, golf and the Vietnam War. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, camping, and motorcycling.

Education

B.S., University of Kentucky
M.S., Colorado State University
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

Recent Courses Taught

• MLA 560, A Sustainable Culture
• MLA 560, Consumerism & the Environment
• MLA 560, Climate & Society
• MLA 560, Environmental Literature & Media
• MLA 573, Getting Grants: Basic Skills & Strategies